The Veteran seeks payment or reimbursement for medical care at a private hospital due to his high blood sugar. The VA has not provided records from the time he was treated at a VA facility, so these need to be obtained before making a decision.
The deciding factor: VA treatment records are needed to provide a complete picture of the Veteran's health history and any potential service connection issues.
- Claimed conditions
- high blood sugar
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19121802
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Decisions by this judge: 2,050 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Read the original VA decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 19121802.
What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues for further development due to the need for additional medical opinions and treatment records, particularly regarding service connection claims related to exposure to lead paint in service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for service-connected hyperhidrosis, but denied service connection for high blood sugar.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection on all issues has been dismissed due to the withdrawal of the substantive appeal regarding bilateral knee osteoarthritis. The remaining claims have not met the criteria for service connection.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's appeal regarding service connection for high blood sugar has been withdrawn. The Board is remanding the issue of whether a timely substantive appeal was submitted to increase his disability rating for degenerative changes of the lumbar spine.
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